Jewish Immigration to the United States from 1881 to 1910 Part 17

TOTAL AND JEWISH EMIGRANT ALIENS AND PERCENTAGE JEWISH IMMIGRANT ALIENS OF TOTAL IMMIGRANT ALIENS, 1908 TO 1912[1]

-------+---------------------------+------------------------------ | Emigrant aliens | Immigrant aliens +--------+--------+---------+---------+---------+---------- Year | Total | Jewish |Per cent.| Total | Jewish |Per cent.

|emigrant|emigrant|Jewish of|immigrant|immigrant|Jewish of | aliens | aliens | total | aliens | aliens | total -------+--------+--------+---------+---------+---------+---------- 1908 | 381044 | 7702 | 2.0 | 782870 | 103387 | 13.2 1909 | 225802 | 6105 | 2.7 | 751876 | 57551 | 7.7 1910 | 202436 | 5689 | 2.8 | 1041570 | 84260 | 8.1 1911 | 295666 | 6401 | 2.1 | 878587 | 91223 | 10.4 1912 | 333262 | 7418 | 2.2 | 838172 | 80595 | 9.5 -------+--------+--------+---------+---------+---------+---------- Total | 1438210| 33315 | 2.3 | 4293075 | 417016 | 9.7 -------+--------+--------+---------+---------+---------+----------

[1] From _Reports of Commissioner-General of Immigration_.

TABLE XLV

EUROPEAN IMMIGRANT ALIENS ADMITTED[1] AND EUROPEAN EMIGRANT ALIENS DEPARTED, 1908, 1909 AND 1910[2]

-----------------+-----------------+------------------------------- |Immigrant aliens | Emigrant aliens departed | admitted | +--------+--------+--------+--------+------------- People | |Per cent| |Per cent| Number | Number |of total| Number |of total| departed | |admitted| |departed| for every | | | | |100 admitted -----------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+------------- Jewish | 236100 | 10.2 | 18543 | 2.5 | 8 Croatian and | | | | | Slovenian | 78658 | 3.4 | 44316 | 5.2 | 56 English | 101611 | 4.4 | 11152 | 1.5 | 11 German | 192644 | 8.3 | 35823 | 5.0 | 19 Greek | 86257 | 3.7 | 21196 | 2.9 | 25 Irish | 93090 | 4.0 | 5728 | .8 | 6 Italian, North | 77661 | 3.3 | 47870 | 6.7 | 62 Italian, South | 457414 | 19.8 | 255188 | 35.7 | 56 Lithuanian | 51129 | 2.2 | 7185 | 1.0 | 14 Magyar | 78910 | 3.4 | 50597 | 7.1 | 64 Polish | 269646 | 11.7 | 82080 | 11.4 | 30 Ruthenian | 55106 | 2.3 | 6681 | .9 | 12 Scandinavian | 113786 | 4.8 | 11193 | 1.5 | 10 Slovak | 70717 | 3.0 | 41383 | 5.8 | 59 -----------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+------------- Total[3] |2297338 | | 713356 | | 32 -----------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+-------------

[1] All peoples with an inward movement of less than 50,000 excluded.

[2] From _Emigration Conditions in Europe_, p. 41.

[3] Total for all races, including Syrians.

TABLE XLVI

JEWISH IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, RUSSIA, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY AND ROUMANIA, 1908 TO 1912[1]

---------+--------------------------------------------+ | Russia | +-------------+------------+-----------------+ | Immigrant | Emigrant | Number departed | Year | aliens | aliens | per 100 admitted| ---------+-------------+------------+-----------------+ 1908 | 71978 | 5439 | 7 | 1909 | 39150 | 3989 | 10 | 1910 | 59824 | 3295 | 5 | 1911 | 65472 | 3375 | 5 | 1912 | 58389 | 4448 | 7 | ---------+-------------+------------+-----------------+ Total | 294813 | 20546 | 7 | ---------+-------------+------------+-----------------+ ---------+--------------------------------------------+ | Austria-Hungary | +-------------+------------+-----------------+ | Immigrant | Emigrant | Number departed | Year | aliens | aliens | per 100 admitted| ---------+-------------+------------+-----------------+ 1908 | 15293 | 1758 | 11 | 1909 | 8431 | 1398 | 16 | 1910 | 13142 | 1409 | 10 | 1911 | 12785 | 1827 | 14 | 1912 | 10757 | 2121 | 19 | ---------+-------------+------------+-----------------+ Total | 60408 | 8513 | 14 | ---------+-------------+------------+-----------------+ ---------+--------------------------------------------- | Roumania +-------------+------------+-----------------+ | Immigrant | Emigrant | Number departed | Year | aliens | aliens | per 100 admitted| ---------+-------------+------------+-----------------+ 1908 | 4455 | 158 | 3 1909 | 1390 | 87 | 6 1910 | 1701 | 101 | 6 1911 | 2188 | 78 | 3 1912 | 1512 | 122 | 8 ---------+-------------+------------+------------------ Total | 11246 | 546 | 5 ---------+-------------+------------+------------------

[1] From _Reports of Commissioner-General of Immigration_.

TABLE XLVII

POLISH IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, RUSSIA AND AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, 1908 TO 1912[1]

---------+--------------------------------------------+ | Russian Poles | +-------------+------------+-----------------+ | Immigrant | Emigrant | Number departed | Year | aliens | aliens | per 100 admitted| ---------+-------------+------------+-----------------+ 1908 | 73122 | 18187 | 25 | 1909 | 37770 | 8421 | 22 | 1910 | 63635 | 6705 | 10 | 1911 | 40193 | 12276 | 30 | 1912 | 51244 | 14701 | 28 | ---------+-------------+------------+-----------------+ Total | 265964 | 60290 | 22 | ---------+-------------+------------+-----------------+ ---------+--------------------------------------------+ | Austro-Hungarian Poles +-------------+------------+------------------ | Immigrant | Emigrant | Number departed Year | aliens | aliens | per 100 admitted ---------+-------------+------------+------------------ 1908 | 59719 | 28048 | 47 1909 | 336483 | 10292 | 28 1910 | 60565 | 9609 | 15 1911 | 27515 | 18499 | 67 1912 | 30649 | 22546 | 73 ---------+-------------+------------+------------------ Total | 214931 | 88994 | 41 ---------+-------------+------------+------------------

[1] From _Reports of Commissioner-General of Immigration_.

TABLE XLVIII

"OLD" AND "NEW" (JEWISH EXCEPTED) AND JEWISH IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, 1908 TO 1910[1]

---------------------------+-----------+----------+-------------- | Immigrant | Emigrant | Number Cla.s.s | aliens | aliens | departed per | | | 100 admitted ---------------------------+-----------+----------+-------------- Old Immigration | 599732 | 79664 | 13 New immigration (Jewish | | | excepted) | 1461506 | 615549 | 42 Jewish immigration | 236100 | 18543 | 8 ---------------------------+-----------+----------+-------------- Total | 2297338 | 713356 | 32 ---------------------------+-----------+----------+--------------

[1] From _Emigration Conditions in Europe_, p. 42.

TABLE XLIX

EUROPEAN IMMIGRANT ALIENS,[1] 1907, AND EUROPEAN EMIGRANT ALIENS, 1908[2]

-----------------+---------------------+---------------------------- | Immigrant aliens | Emigrant aliens, 1908 | 1907 | +-----------+---------+--------+---------+-------- People | | | | | Number | Number |Per cent.| Number |Per cent.|departed | | of total| | of total| per 100 | | | | |admitted -----------------+-----------+---------+--------+---------+--------- Jewish | 149182 | 12.1 | 7702 | 2.0 | 5 Bulgarian, | 27174 | 2.2 | 5965 | 1.6 | 22 Servian and | | | | | Montenegrin | | | | | Croatian and | | | | | Slovenian | 47826 | 3.9 | 28584 | 7.5 | 60 English | 51126 | 4.1 | 5320 | 1.4 | 10 German | 92936 | 7.5 | 14418 | 3.8 | 15 Greek | 46283 | 3.7 | 6763 | 1.8 | 14 Irish | 38706 | 3.1 | 2441 | .6 | 6 Italian, North | 1564 | 4.2 | 19507 | 5.1 | 37 Italian, South | 242497 | 19.6 | 147828 | 38.8 | 60 Lithuanian | 25884 | 2.1 | 3388 | .9 | 13 Magyar | 60071 | 4.9 | 29276 | 7.7 | 48 Polish | 138033 | 11.2 | 46727 | 12.3 | 33 Scandinavian | 53425 | 4.3 | 5801 | 1.5 | 11 Slovak | 42041 | 3.4 | 23573 | 6.2 | 56 -----------------+-----------+---------+--------+---------+--------- Total | 1237341[3]| | 381044 | | 32 -----------------+-----------+---------+--------+---------+---------

[1] All peoples with an inward movement of less than 25,000 omitted.

[2] From _Emigration Conditions in Europe_, pp. 39-40.

[3] All European immigrants, including Syrians.

TABLE L

TOTAL EUROPEAN IMMIGRANTS ADMITTED[1] AND TOTAL OF THOSE ADMITTED DURING THIS PERIOD IN THE UNITED STATES PREVIOUSLY, 1899 TO 1910[2]

--------------------------+----------+----------------------- | | In United States | | previously People | Number |---------+------------- | admitted | | Per cent of | | Number | admitted --------------------------+----------+---------+------------- Jewish | 1074442 | 22914 | 2.1 Bohemian and Moravian | 100189 | 4066 | 4.1 Croatian and Slovenian | 355542 | 43037 | 12.8 English | 408614 | 103828 | 25.4 Finnish | 151774 | 17189 | 11.3 French | 115783 | 33859 | 29.2 German | 754375 | 86458 | 11.5 Greek | 216962 | 12283 | 5.7 Irish | 439742 | 80636 | 18.3 Italian, North | 372668 | 56738 | 15.2 Italian, South | 1911933 | 262508 | 13.7 Lithuanian | 175258 | 6186 | 3.5 Magyar | 337351 | 39785 | 11.8 Polish | 949064 | 65155 | 6.9 Ruthenian | 147375 | 18492 | 12.5 Scandinavian | 586306 | 86700 | 14.8 Scotch | 136842 | 27684 | 20.2 Slovak | 377527 | 71889 | 19.0 --------------------------+----------+---------+------------- Total[3] | 9220066 | 1108948 | 12.0 --------------------------+----------+---------+-------------

[1] All peoples with an immigration below 100,000 omitted.

[2] From _Emigration Conditions in Europe_, p. 51.

[3] Includes all European peoples entered and Syrians.

TABLE LI

OCCUPATIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF JEWISH IMMIGRANTS, 1899 TO 1910[1]

-------------------+-----------+------------ Group | Number | Per cent -------------------+-----------+------------ No occupation | 484175 | 45.1 Skilled laborers | 395823 | 36.8 Professional | 7455 | .7 Miscellaneous | 186989 | 17.4 -------------------+-----------+------------ Total | 1074442 | 100.0 -------------------+-----------+------------

[1] From _Reports of Commissioner-General of Immigration_.

TABLE LII

JEWISH IMMIGRANTS REPORTING OCCUPATIONS, 1899 TO 1910[1]

-------------------------+----------+------------ Group | Number | Per cent -------------------------+----------+------------ Professional | 7455 | 1.3 Skilled laborers | 395823 | 67.1 Laborers | 69444 | 11.8 Merchants and dealers | 31491 | 5.3 Farm laborers | 11460 | 1.9 Farmers | 1008 | .2 Miscellaneous | 8051 | 1.3 -------------------------+----------+------------ Total | 590267 | 100.0 -------------------------+----------+------------

[1] From _Reports of Commissioner-General of Immigration_.

TABLE LIII

JEWISH IMMIGRANTS ENGAGED IN PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS[1]

-------------------------------------+--------- Occupation | Number -------------------------------------+--------- Actors | 232 Architects | 108 Clergymen | 350 Editors | 84 Electricians | 359 Engineers | 484 Lawyers | 34 Literary and scientific persons | 385 Musicians | 1624 Officials (gov.) | 18 Physicians | 290 Sculptors and artists | 357 Teachers | 2192 Others | 938 -------------------------------------+--------- Total | 7455 -------------------------------------+---------

[1] From _Reports of Commissioner-General of Immigration_.